In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow- Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest princes in Western Christendom, premier baron of all the territories in southern France. So began the Albigensian Crusade, which was to culminate in 1244 with the massacre of Cathars at the mountain fortress of Montsegur.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Zoe Oldenbourg
EAN: 9780753802021
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES: 432
WEIGHT: 756 g
HEIGHT: 215 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Orion Publishing Co
DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-02-06
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GENRE: HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General, RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy
WIDTH: 137 mm
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Book Themes:
Europe, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Warfare and defence, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Blasphemy, heresy, apostasy, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Other religions and spiritual beliefs
Zoe Oldenbourg was born in St Petersburg in 1916 and was educated at the Lycee Moliere and the Sorbonne in Paris. The author of a number of outstanding historical novels, including The World is Not Enough and The Cornerstone, which won the Prix Femina in 1953, her historical works include Catherine of Russia and Massacre at Montsegur.